This has me thinking of literary readings. Writers are, by and large, terrible performers of their own work. Even the poets who are thought of as good peformers all read with the same cadences and volumes. Their rawness is rehearsed, not raw. And the poor literary performers are raw but not compelling.
This has me thinking of literary readings. Writers are, by and large, terrible performers of their own work. Even the poets who are thought of as good peformers all read with the same cadences and volumes. Their rawness is rehearsed, not raw. And the poor literary performers are raw but not compelling.
Appreciating you. The times I pick you up in libraries I am remembering that yours on again off again "scans. And I do love the way that Susan Howe really only scans when she is imitating old English ballads.
Thanks. I want to pick up a couple more formal types before I lose the ability to flex and play their games. I break down with Jaspers for instance and we really owe it to ourselves no. Despite my own vagrant prose we earn the right to not feel confused.
This has me thinking of literary readings. Writers are, by and large, terrible performers of their own work. Even the poets who are thought of as good peformers all read with the same cadences and volumes. Their rawness is rehearsed, not raw. And the poor literary performers are raw but not compelling.
Appreciating you. The times I pick you up in libraries I am remembering that yours on again off again "scans. And I do love the way that Susan Howe really only scans when she is imitating old English ballads.
I haven't read Susan Howe in a long while! Do you know the work of A.E. Stallings? She's my favorite contemporaries formalist. https://aestallings.wixsite.com/aestallings/books
Thanks. I want to pick up a couple more formal types before I lose the ability to flex and play their games. I break down with Jaspers for instance and we really owe it to ourselves no. Despite my own vagrant prose we earn the right to not feel confused.